Bought it, sold it, traded to get it back - 1967 Grover & Baker MOP
08-26-2015, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
It's interesting in that a lot of what it does sounds like how a serge works - with the lower arm with the hole in it for the thread and how it loops and intertwines with the upper thread.
08-26-2015, 07:39 AM
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My long term goal is to refit it with the correct internals. My friend has another G&B with that foot pedal but it is not the "parlor" version with the connector in the center, but the standard treadle with the connector on the right side. I am considering taking a mold from her footpedal, modify it for the Parlor version and having a local foundry cast a couple...
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I can probably fab up a pretty close approximation of the cross bar, but the drive wheel is going to have to be found...
NOTE: If anyone ever sees a set of internals like that PLEASE let me know, I'd be VERY interested.
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I can probably fab up a pretty close approximation of the cross bar, but the drive wheel is going to have to be found...
NOTE: If anyone ever sees a set of internals like that PLEASE let me know, I'd be VERY interested.
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